Exploration of Endophytes from Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) as Biocontrol Agents

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Purpose and Significance of Study: This manuscript comprises the process of isolation of fungal, bacterial and actinomycete endophytes from alfalfa, selecting from them strains with strong biocontrol capability, testing their effectiveness against the common alfalfa root rot pathogen Fusarium oxysporum F. sp. medicaginis, and identification of the effective strains. This research is important as a step in the direction of environmentally sustainable biocontrol agents.

 

Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is a good fit for the journal Genetics and Genomics.

o   The manuscript is well-written and mostly error-free. A few major issues are listed below –

 

·       Figures 6 and 7, and supplemental figure 5 are not mentioned in the text.

·       Tables 6 and 7 are not provided but mentioned in the text.

·       Tables 4 and 5 are neither provided, nor mentioned in the text.

·       Supplemental tables 2 and 3 are not mentioned in the text.

o   A few minor issues (already incorporated in the galley proof) are listed below –

o   Omission of “the” in a few places, e.g., before “isolates” in the last sentence of Abstract, before “ongoing” in the 1^st sentence of the 2^nd paragraph of Introduction, and so on.

o   Omission of “,” in a few places, e.g., after “endophytes” and “actinomycete” in the 3^rd sentence of Abstract, after “described” in the 4^th sentence of the 3^rd paragraph of Introduction, and so on.

In the Abstract section –

 

·       In the last sentence, “found to be” must be inserted before “Pseudomonas sp.”.

In the Introduction section –

 

  In the 2^nd paragraph –

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “endow” must be replaced with “bestow”.

  In the 3^rd paragraph –

·       In the last sentence, “Bacilluss spp.” must be replaced with “Bacillus spp.”.

In the Methodology section –

 

  Under Identification of endophytes from alfalfa –

  In the 1^st paragraph –

·       In the last sentence, “condition” must be replaced with “conditions”.

  In the 2^nd paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “1” in the brackets must be followed by “%”.

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “grinding” in the brackets must be replaced with “grind”.

  Under Evaluation on control effect of endophytes to cucumber wilt in vivo –

  In the 1^st paragraph –

·       In the heading, “on” and “to” must be replaced with “of the” and “on” respectively.

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “reserve” must be replaced with “resumed”.

  Under Control effect of the selected strains against alfalfa root rot –

  In the 2^nd paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “cultured endophytic bacteria” must be replaced with “endophytic bacterial culture”.

  In the last paragraph –

·       In the last sentence, “to” must be removed.

  Under Analysis of Data –

·       “was” after “data” must be replaced with “were”.

In the Results section –

 

  Under Evaluation on control effect of endophytes to cucumber wilt in vivo –

·       In the heading, “on” and “to” must be replaced with “of the” and “on” respectively.

  In the 1^st paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “were” must be replaced with “was”.

  In the 2^nd paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “Degrees” must be replaced with “Degree”.

  In the last paragraph –

·       In the last sentence, “test” must be removed.

  Under Evaluation of control effectiveness of the selected strains on alfalfa –

  In the 1^st paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “screened three” must be replaced with “three screened”.

In the Acknowledgment section –

·       “Newzerland” must be replaced with “New Zealand”.

 

Author Info

Beilei Wu Mei Li Xiaoli Chen Xiliang Jiang Xin Wang

Corresponding Author

Beilei Wu
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Article Info

Article Type

Research Article

Publication history

Received: Fri 28, Feb 2020
Accepted: Thu 12, Mar 2020
Published: Mon 30, Mar 2020

Copyright

© 2023 Beilei Wu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.GG.2020.01.01